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J. H. WHITELEGGE. Automatic Railroad Station Indicator. No. 237.425.

Patented Feb. 8,1881.

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UNITED STATES' PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. W'HITELEGGE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AUTOMATIC RAlLROAD-STATION INDICATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,425, dated February8, 1881. Application filed October 8, 1880. (No model.)

To all 'whom it may concern Be it knownthat I, JAMES H. WHITELEGGE, ofthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved Automatic Railroad-Station Indicator, of which the following isa specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a station-indicator which willindicate and announce automatically and in consecutive order to thepassengers before arriving thereat the name of the next station at whichthe train will, stop (or pass,) continuing so to do during the entiretrip, and which will, when returning over the same route, indicate andannounce correctly in reverse and consecutive order the names of theStations, each at the proper time, so that the passengers will becorrectly and timely inforned thereof and my invention consists ofcombinations of devices, such as levers, connecting-rods, 850., arrangedto operate upon a lettered drum, cylinder, ratchetwheel, or shafting,(located in the upper part of the car, at either end or intermediate,)giving it just the necessary turn to bring the proper title of the nextstation prominently into view at the correct time, the said combinationsof levers, Ste., being set in motion and operation by an inclined planeor other suitable device connected with the track or any other suitableportion of the road-bed of the railroad while passing over the same.

It also consists, in combination therewith, of a duplicate set ofdevices, whereby the lettered or indicating drum, cylinder, &c., will begiven a reversed motion as the train moves in the opposite direction tothat first mentioned.

It further consists in the combination therewith of a bell, gong, orother soundng device, as an annunciator, serving to call or attractattention thereto at the 'time of bringing the name of the station intoView.

In the drawings accoinpanying, Figure l is a face view of the apparatus,showing the combinations of devices comprising the same, supposed to belocated at one end of a car and against the side wall thereof, a portionof the car-body being shown in section. Fig. 2 is an end View of thesame, showing a face View of the drum or indicating-cylinder with titleof station.

The letter A indicates on the drawings parts of the car to which myapparatus is supposed to be applied.

a indicates a cog-wheel upon shat't b, and to the same is attacled adrum, cylinder, endless ribbon, or other suitable device containing thenames of the Stations, so that as the wheel a is turned either way onename may be exposed at a time. At a' is shown a device for that purpose.c is a vibrating arm, using the shaft b as a pivot.

At d is shown a pawl, formed to fit the ratchets of cog-whecl a whenengaged therewith at the proper time. The pawl d is pivoted at e to thevibrating arn c, and at fis pivoted to said pawl d a connecting-rod, g,which, reaching downward, is pivoted to a lever, h, at i. Said lever hhas its fulcruin at pivot j, and at 70 thereon is pivoted aconnecting-rod, l, which, reaching downward, is pivoted, by or through aslot at its lower end, to a vibrating or balance lever, m, arranged uponafulcrun-pivot, n.

At (1 are shown coiled springs, attached at upper end to d, over thesame pivot to which is attaohed rod g, and at lower end to a pivot, 0The object of spring g is to keep down the pawl d or away from the wheel(b when not required in operation.

The several parts indicated by the letters c', d', c', f', g g h', i',k', and Z' are duplicate parts, exactly corresponding with thoselettered without the mark, and form the reversing half of theappara-tus.

At p is shown a lever extendin g downward vertically from the lever m,pivote'd at 7', and having its upper end branched or Y-shaped, as shownby prongs q q, curved properly, so as to operate upon bottom face oredge of lever m by pressure as either prong may be brought to bearthereon. This lever 1 may eXtend downward to the track or road-beddevice shown at w, or maybe lengthened out by a lever, s, connectedtherewith at t, as shown, and having at its lower end a wheel, o,enabling it to run freely over the inclined plane w, which, as it ismoved over, brings it to the position shown hy dotted lines, andcommunicating motion to the several parts of the apparatus ali the wayup to ratchet-wheel a, as fnlly shown by dotted lines representingposition of said parts while operated upon by motion of the lever p, andthey in turn giving IOO motion, by means of the pawl d, to the ratchetor cog wheel a, and, as it is turned, thereby giving notion to theindicating device in the upper part of the car upon or connected withthe shaft b or wheel (o. When the lever 1) is not operatin g it standsVertically and motionless; but when reaching the inclined plane w, orother device, attached to the track or roadbed, it is brought out of itsperpendicular condition and swung either way, according to the directionof the train.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, s-

1. The combination consistin g of ratchetwheel a, Vibrating arm c, pawl(Z, connectingrod g, holdback-sprin g 9 vibratin g lever h,connecting-rod l, balance-lever m, and forked lever p, all connected andarranged to operate sul)- stantially as shown, and for the purpose setforth.

2. The combination consisting of ratchetwheel a, Vibrating arm c, pawld, connectingrod g, holdback-spring g Vibrating lever h, connecting-rodl, balance-lever m, forked lever p, and auxiliary lever s, all connectedand ar- 237,&

ranged to operate as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

` 3. For the purpose of giving rota-ry motion to ratchet or cog wheel u,and a reverse motion when requisite, the combination consisting ofduplicate Vibrating arms c c', duplicate pawls d d', duplicateholdback-springs g g, duplicate connecting-rods g g', duplicateVibrating levers h h', duplicate connecting-rods l l', balance-lever m,and forked lever p, When combined and arranged to operate essentially asshown and described.

4. In combination With shaft b, Vibrating arms c, rods g, levers h, rodsl, and lever m the alarm bell or gong y, connected in such manner thatwhen motion is imparted to lever m by action ot' lever 19 the alarmdevice y will be operated upon automatically and its sound give noticeto the passengers that the train is approaching a station and that theindicator is set, giving the name of the station, as herein describedand set forth.

JAMES H. VVHITELEGGE.

In presence ot'- WM. B. BUSTEED, HENRY ELMER.

